The politics in the 60473 area of South Holland, IL are represented by a variety of local elected officials. These include Representatives from the Illinois State Senate and House of Representatives, as well as Township Trustees and Board Members for Cook County. At the federal level, this area is represented by members of Congress from both parties. Taxpayers in this region are engaged with their local representatives through active participation in civic organizations and through attending town hall meetings to discuss important issues. There is a strong sense of political awareness amongst residents here, who strive to keep current on local political developments and have a vested interest in seeing their elected officials act in the best interests of them and the community.
The political climate in Zip 60473 (South Holland, IL) is strongly liberal.
Cook County, IL is very liberal. In Cook County, IL 74.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Cook county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60473 (South Holland, IL) is strongly liberal.
South Holland, Illinois is strongly liberal.
Cook County, Illinois is very liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
South Holland, Illinois: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 60473 (South Holland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $32,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $22,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)